Asmongold slams Activision Blizzard over controversial diversity tool Twitch: AsmongoldAsmongold commented on the backlash surrounding Activision Blizzard\u2019s controversial diversity tool and slammed the company for using it as a means to fix their \u201cruined\u201d reputation. Activision Blizzard revealed the Diversity Space Tool on May 12, describing it as a \u201cmeasurement device to help identify how diverse a set of character traits are and in turn how diverse that character and casts are when compared to the \u2018norm.\u2019\u201d However, it didn\u2019t sit well with fans who felt like it reduced a complex and vital issue like diversity to algorithmic data as a means for the company to make their games more appealing. Activision Blizzard apologized and clarified their intentions. Asmongold weighed in on the debacle and urged the company to stop making \u201cpolitical statements\u201d to fix their reputation following the sexual harassment lawsuit and focus on making games instead until fans are ready to forgive them. \u201cI feel like there are people at Activision Blizzard that just can\u2019t stand going an entire week without patting themselves on the back for how much they care about minorities,\u201d said Asmon. \u201cThey have to say something about it. \u201cStop talking about this. It\u2019s a bad idea. You\u2019ve had all this bad stuff happen. Your company\u2019s reputation is ruined. Do you know how Activision Blizzard can actually repair their reputation? Shut the f**k up and make games! \u201cDo that for three years, and maybe then we\u2019ll be ready to hear another political statement. But until then, I don\u2019t want to hear it. I don\u2019t want to get moralized by somebody who couldn\u2019t keep the breast milk safe at their own company.\u201d Asmon has criticized the company in the past. He described the allegations that came to light in the lawsuit against them as \u201cshameful\u201d and supported the employee walkout that happened in November 2021. However, he thinks the best way to restore their reputation is to make positive diversity changes behind the scenes while focusing on games rather than repeatedly \u201cpatting themselves on the back\u201d via political statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asmongold slams Activision Blizzard over controversial diversity tool Twitch: AsmongoldAsmongold commented on the backlash surrounding Activision Blizzard\u2019s controversial diversity tool and slammed the company for using it as a means to fix their \u201cruined\u201d reputation. Activision Blizzard revealed the Diversity Space Tool on May 12, describing it as a \u201cmeasurement device to help identify how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}